The Octagon

First is the actor, watching from the wings,

Second is Elizabeth in Diamond Jubilee.

Three for corrupt politicians

Becoming tarnished gems:

Pride, the liar and the cheat

And four for our own compass points,

 The North-West the heartbeat.

Five are Olympics rings, athletes rehearsing for the race,

 Six are life’s fates; joys, despair, love and hate,  fitness and illness.

And seven are the ages of man,

The scripts of dawn to dusk

Life has it’s day,

And eight  is the play -

Creating the Octagon.